Children

Arts education is not an add-on for SEND education. It is the missing piece
Lizzie Kitto

Arts education is not an add-on for SEND education. It is the missing piece

A pilot project in Barking and Dagenham is proving the importance of arts education for children and young people with special educational needs

One in eight children growing up homeless has a disability: ‘Nobody cares about us’
Homelessness

One in eight children growing up homeless has a disability: ‘Nobody cares about us’

Groundbreaking new research from children’s charity Variety shows that a staggering number of disabled children are homeless

Ludovico Einaudi follows Coldplay in fundraiser to help boost kids’ creativity
Competition

Ludovico Einaudi follows Coldplay in fundraiser to help boost kids’ creativity

Classical composer Ludovico Einaudi’s prize draw offers exciting backstage perks – and raises money for the Institute of Imagination

Bluey composer Joff Bush: ‘We want to help tell the story as much as possible with the music’
Music

Bluey composer Joff Bush: ‘We want to help tell the story as much as possible with the music’

104 children’s deaths linked to living in temporary accommodation: ‘We should be outraged’
Homelessness

104 children’s deaths linked to living in temporary accommodation: ‘We should be outraged’

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‘I’ve worked with children for 30 years. Things have never been so tough for families’
Juliea Morris

‘I’ve worked with children for 30 years. Things have never been so tough for families’

How did you keep safe when you were a child? Why I ask every podcast guest that question
Ciaran Thapar

How did you keep safe when you were a child? Why I ask every podcast guest that question

Playrise: Even in a war zone, children need the chance to play. We’re making it possible
Ariana Mouyiaris

Playrise: Even in a war zone, children need the chance to play. We’re making it possible

Inside the Big Issue: Our legendary Kids Cover Competition!
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Our legendary Kids Cover Competition!

This is the reality of life for millions of children facing war in the Middle East
Flutra Gorana

This is the reality of life for millions of children facing war in the Middle East

There’s a blind spot with the SEND reforms which could push more families into poverty
Lisa Mainwaring

There’s a blind spot with the SEND reforms which could push more families into poverty

Kinship carers forced to turn to food banks after taking in vulnerable children
Kinship carers

Kinship carers forced to turn to food banks after taking in vulnerable children

Labour’s SEND reforms will live or die in classrooms. Families know what works
Diane Johnson

Labour’s SEND reforms will live or die in classrooms. Families know what works

What will the SEND reforms mean for families and their disabled children?
SEND

What will the SEND reforms mean for families and their disabled children?

It was a traumatic, hellish fight trying to get SEND support for my daughter
SEND

It was a traumatic, hellish fight trying to get SEND support for my daughter

Meet the dads who started a podcast about their experiences raising autistic children
SEND

Meet the dads who started a podcast about their experiences raising autistic children

I left teaching because I felt eaten up by guilt that I couldn’t help SEND children like my own
SEND

I left teaching because I felt eaten up by guilt that I couldn’t help SEND children like my own

My son is deaf and blind – but it was months of fighting before he got SEND support
SEND

My son is deaf and blind – but it was months of fighting before he got SEND support

Families face a bitter fight for SEND support in the UK: ‘It nearly killed us emotionally and financially’
SEND

Families face a bitter fight for SEND support in the UK: ‘It nearly killed us emotionally and financially’

Letters: A free bus pass for homeless kids is good, but wouldn’t a permanent home be better?
Letters

Letters: A free bus pass for homeless kids is good, but wouldn’t a permanent home be better?

Adoption is like ethnicity. It arrives as a plot point before we enter the story
Books

Adoption is like ethnicity. It arrives as a plot point before we enter the story

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If Peppa Pig showed deafness when I was growing up, my family’s story would be very different 
George Crockford

If Peppa Pig showed deafness when I was growing up, my family’s story would be very different 

Can Labour’s new code help child victims of crime get justice?
Violence against women and girls

Can Labour’s new code help child victims of crime get justice?

They warned free school meals would hurt school budgets. Something much more interesting happened
Free school meals

They warned free school meals would hurt school budgets. Something much more interesting happened

Peace, AI and ‘six-seven’: Oxford reveals children’s words of the year
Language

Peace, AI and ‘six-seven’: Oxford reveals children’s words of the year